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Microsoft Cloud Supply Chain Partners with Blue Yonder to Maximize Service and Reliability

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Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Predictive Analytics Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing
Applicable Industries	Software Telecommunications
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing Logistics & Transportation
Use Cases	Digital Twin Predictive Maintenance Real-Time Location System (RTLS)
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services Data Science Services
Challenge	Microsoft manages more than 200 data centers in 34 countries, and it’s adding 50 to 100 new data centers every year. The global supply chain also includes traditional functions such as manufacturing and transportation, provided by third parties. Across this geographically distributed network, Microsoft needs to ensure uninterrupted, high-quality, reliable service. The COVID-19 pandemic revealed the weaknesses in the world’s supply chains, as well as the need for a rapid, coordinated response when the unexpected happens. Read More
About Customer	Microsoft is a multinational technology company that specializes in computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services. It is best known for its software products like the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, the Microsoft Office suite, and the Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers. Its flagship hardware products are the Xbox video game consoles and the Microsoft Surface lineup of touchscreen personal computers. Microsoft manages more than 200 data centers in 34 countries, and it’s adding 50 to 100 new data centers every year. The global supply chain also includes traditional functions such as manufacturing and transportation, provided by third parties. Read More
Solution	To achieve end-to-end visibility and control of its Cloud supply chain, Microsoft relies on Blue Yonder’s Luminate Control Tower (LCT). Enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), this solution monitors conditions across Microsoft Cloud’s complex global network in real time and supports an immediate, synchronized response when disruptions occur. Luminate Control Tower provides a real-time, unified view of events and sends critical alerts when an exception occurs anywhere in the global network. Microsoft’s Cloud supply chain can confidently predict any impacts on service levels before executing a response. Microsoft’s Cloud supply chain can make fact-based, optimal decisions faster by leveraging Blue Yonder’s proprietary AI and ML to ingest huge volumes of data, recognize patterns and anticipate outcomes. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Predictive Analytics

Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing

Applicable Industries

Software

Telecommunications

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Logistics & Transportation

Use Cases

Digital Twin

Predictive Maintenance

Real-Time Location System (RTLS)

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Data Science Services

Challenge

Microsoft manages more than 200 data centers in 34 countries, and it’s adding 50 to 100 new data centers every year. The global supply chain also includes traditional functions such as manufacturing and transportation, provided by third parties. Across this geographically distributed network, Microsoft needs to ensure uninterrupted, high-quality, reliable service. The COVID-19 pandemic revealed the weaknesses in the world’s supply chains, as well as the need for a rapid, coordinated response when the unexpected happens.

About Customer

Microsoft is a multinational technology company that specializes in computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services. It is best known for its software products like the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, the Microsoft Office suite, and the Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers. Its flagship hardware products are the Xbox video game consoles and the Microsoft Surface lineup of touchscreen personal computers. Microsoft manages more than 200 data centers in 34 countries, and it’s adding 50 to 100 new data centers every year. The global supply chain also includes traditional functions such as manufacturing and transportation, provided by third parties.

Solution

To achieve end-to-end visibility and control of its Cloud supply chain, Microsoft relies on Blue Yonder’s Luminate Control Tower (LCT). Enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), this solution monitors conditions across Microsoft Cloud’s complex global network in real time and supports an immediate, synchronized response when disruptions occur. Luminate Control Tower provides a real-time, unified view of events and sends critical alerts when an exception occurs anywhere in the global network. Microsoft’s Cloud supply chain can confidently predict any impacts on service levels before executing a response. Microsoft’s Cloud supply chain can make fact-based, optimal decisions faster by leveraging Blue Yonder’s proprietary AI and ML to ingest huge volumes of data, recognize patterns and anticipate outcomes.

Impact #1	Earlier identification of exceptions leading to faster, more synchronized response times.
Impact #2	Improved long-term agility and resilience of the supply chain.
Impact #3	Luminate Control Tower scales easily and seamlessly across Microsoft Cloud’s large and complex world-wide supply chain, no matter how many facilities and partners are added in the future.

Impact #1

Earlier identification of exceptions leading to faster, more synchronized response times.

Impact #2

Improved long-term agility and resilience of the supply chain.

Impact #3

Luminate Control Tower scales easily and seamlessly across Microsoft Cloud’s large and complex world-wide supply chain, no matter how many facilities and partners are added in the future.

Benefit #1	95% of Fortune 500 companies run on Microsoft Cloud.
Benefit #2	Microsoft manages more than 200 data centers in 34 countries, and it’s adding 50 to 100 new data centers every year.
Benefit #3	The AI and ML capabilities of Luminate Control Tower help Microsoft make complex decisions faster and at a higher level of quality.

Benefit #1

95% of Fortune 500 companies run on Microsoft Cloud.

Benefit #2

Microsoft manages more than 200 data centers in 34 countries, and it’s adding 50 to 100 new data centers every year.

Benefit #3

The AI and ML capabilities of Luminate Control Tower help Microsoft make complex decisions faster and at a higher level of quality.

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Microsoft Cloud Supply Chain Partners with Blue Yonder to Maximize Service and Reliability

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